New Delhi, March 10: Congress was the clear winner in Punjab with 73 seats in the bag and leading in four in the 113-member assembly. BJP was in fourth position with three seats. AAP was second with 20 seats and Akali Dal took 15.
BJP secured a victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly elections.
Modi’s party returns to power in Uttar Pradesh, possibly with a three-quarter majority, after a 14-year gap during which regional parties such as the SP and BSP had held sway.
By 5.30 p.m. BJP had won 248 seats in the 403-member Legislative Assembly, and was leading in 63 more — the biggest mandate any party has ever received in Uttar Pradesh.
Omar Abdullah called today’s results a “tsunami,” and predicted that the BJP is not only in a position to win the parliamentary elections in 2019 but also in 2024.
In Uttarakhand, the BJP had grabbed 50 seats and was leading in seven in the house of 70. Congress was trailing in second position with 11. The popular Congress Chief Minister Harish Rawat lost both seats that he contested
The results in Manipur and Goa remained a cliffhanger with counting still going on. In Manipur, BJP won 19 and Congress had 23 in the 60-member house. In the 40-seat Goa assembly, Congress had a slight edge, winning 14 seats and leading in three. BJP got 12 seats and was leading in one.